During this period, public buildings began to arise around the Roman Forum, which quickly became the main centre of Rome’s social and commercial life. The departure from wooden buildings took place at the end of the 3rd century BCE, when brick-built private houses, large tenement houses ( insulae) and one-story houses rich.
These factors strongly influenced the further shaping of the architecture of ancient Rome. The situation changed when Rome made numerous business contacts, began expansion on the peninsula and became acquainted with Hellenistic architecture, especially the Greeks. However, the importance of Rome in the Mediterranean world was virtually none. The first Roman temples were built during the reign of Etruscan kings, then the Romans learned to cast bronze and burn terracotta. During the early monarchy, Rome was a wooden city and straw was used to cover the roofs. The beginnings of Roman architecture are rather simple, and the way of erecting the building can be said primitive, by contemporary standards. Rome’s contacts with Africa and Far East.
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